Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta Historical Studies in Asteroid Research /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Cunningham, Clifford J. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Physics.; History.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History of Science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

This book assesses the origin of asteroids by analyzing the discovery of Vesta in 1807. Wilhelm Olbers, who discovered Vesta, suggested that the asteroids were the result of a primordial planet’s explosion. Cunningham studies that idea in detail through the writings of Sir David Brewster in Scotland...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Exordium
• 1 Olbers' Hypothesis: The Origin of the Asteroids
• 2 Regnér's Attacks on Olbers' Hypothesis
• 3 Brewster's Support for Olbers' Hypothesis
• 4 The Discovery of Vesta
• 5 Vesta: A Self-Luminous Asteroid?- 6 Asteroids and the Language of Nature
• 7 The Perturbations of Vesta
• 8 Letters: Olbers-Gauss
• 9 Letters: Bessel-Olbers-Bode-Gauss
• 10 Letters: Groombridge-Maskelyne-Herschel
• 11 Schroeter's Asteroid Books
• 12 Scientific Papers
• 13 Historical Surveys of the Asteroids
• Appendix A: Kepler's Singular Audacity
• Appendix B: Master List of Asteroid Correspondence
• Appendix C: Master List of English Magazine Articles
• Appendix D: The Historical Development of the Orbital Elements of Vesta
• Final Thoughts
• References
• Index.